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Poem Drafts (5)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1980-1981
Ms and typescript drafts of poems from 'The Ships Pasture,' including: - A Socket of Plain Water - Innocence Barbs the Lake - The Sun's Body Resting - Climbing to Jerusalem
Out of Battle Drafts (5)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1970-1971
Largely clean carbon copy typescript draft of 'Out of Battle,' with a small number of ms corrections. The draft includes a title-page with title 'English Poets of the First World War;' a blurb compris...
Press Cuttings: Jewish Interest (2)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1979-1985
Press cuttings collected by Jon Silkin, largely relating to Israel and the Palestinian-Israeli relations. Includes a number of articles from the 'Jeruslaem Post' and 'Jerusalem Post Magazine'covering ...
Notebook
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1984-1986
Red, bound notebook with ms notes for 'Gurney,' including changes, the stage, set and music; ms notes for Silkin's reading/performance of poems, letters and songs by Ivor Gurney at the University of N...
The Illiterates: Scripts (3)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
May 1987
2 photocopied typescripts of 'The Illiterates' (both [4], 98 pp), one with sections on pp.1-2 scored through in pencil. The scripts are accompanied by a letter from Theresa Howard (of Theresa Howard A...
Student Publications
1959-1965
Copies of students magazines collected by Silkin during his time at the University of Leeds. Includes copies of 'Poetry and Audience' vol. 7, no. 16 (26 Feb 1960), vol. 11, no. 9 (6 Dec 1963) (2 copie...
Poems for The Ship's Pasture
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1982-1984
Typescript, photocopied, and carbon copy poems, and some drafts, for 'The Ship's Pasture'. The poems include: - A Little Naked Son(titled Slanting Beach) - Absence and Light - Given a Flower - Wi...
Reviews of The Peaceable Kingdom
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1954
Copy of 'Zebra' magazine, no. 11 (December 1954), including a review of 'The Peaceable Kingdom' by Hugh Creighton Hill (pp. 28-29); ts review of 'The Peaceable Kingdom' headed 'Animal, Vegetable or Mi...
Press Cuttings: Jewish Interest (1)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1978-1992
Press cuttings collected by Jon Silkin relating to his interest in Jewish history and culture. Includes 2 articles on plans to commemorate the massacre of Jews at York in 1190 (1978); an article from ...
Israel Notes and Drafts
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1979-1980
Ms and typescript drafts and workings for the following poems: - Urban Grain (including drafts titled Wanting to See, In the Tunic, A Curtain of Flesh, Equal Vision, Equal Seeing, The Same Eyes and ...